Posted on 08/12/2006 12:13:39 PM PDT by sergey1973
In the days after the horror of the 11 September attacks, President George W Bush made a point of saying Muslims per se were not America's enemy.
But in the five years since then, he has taken less care to emphasise that message, US Muslim leaders are saying.
They are upset about his use of terms like "Islamic fascists", which he used this week both for Hezbollah and the suspected bomb plotters held in the UK.
"It offends the vast majority of moderate Muslims," Ahmed Younis said.
"The use of the term casts a shadow upon Islam and bolsters the argument that there is a clash of civilisations between Islam and the West," Mr Younis, the national director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (Mpac), told the BBC.
He said it was wrong to link the actions of violent Muslims to their religion.
"There is nothing Islamic about their fascism. The Prophet [Muhammad] and the Koran clearly articulate that this type of activity is outside of bounds for Muslims."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Really ? Then why Al-Qaida, Hezbollah, Hamas and other terror groups find justification for their terror acts in Koran ? And why "Moderate" Muslims are not as angry at those who use Koran as justification for terror as they are angry at those who simply point at the connection between terror and the teachings of Islam ?
Global Jihad/Jihad in America PING !
Translation:
They're on to us, so we must deflect attention away from that fact.
I guess Dubya just lost the Muslim vote in his re-election bid. :)
They are upset about his use of terms like "Islamic fascists", which he used this week both for Hezbollah and the suspected bomb plotters held in the UK.
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And loyal Americans like me cheered when he finally called them by their right name.
If they don't like it, they're free to leave. Leftists also seem to get offended when I point this out to them.
Like we give a sh** what angers muslims.
President Bush, don't let up. Always refer to them as what they are: islamofascists.
Well, he was mistaken then, and now he is making up for it, Ahmed.
Couldn't be said better !
"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Qur'an should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth"
--Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations), San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998
They can complain to me when they form a Muslim version of the 442d Combat Regiment and earn the honors that the 44Deuce did, until then they can STFU!
Go For Broke!
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I have two words to say to islam
Screw you.
And on a lighter note---2nd amendment, exercise it.
If they're moderate and non-fascist, why would they be offended? If the shoe fits, I guess.
The Muslims are free to be upset.
However if they would channel some of that energy to teach other Muslims how to express their anger without murdering thousands of innocent people... then perhaps there would be nothing to be upset about in the first place.
Hmmmmmm Muhammad?
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